Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 158 Aśvattha tree, where the surface of the ground was covered with young grass. 113. Then Kāla, the best of serpents, whose majesty was like the lord of elephants, having been awakened by the unparalleled sound of his feet, uttered this praise of the great sage, being sure that he was on the point of attaining perfect knowledge: 114. ‘Inasmuch as the earth, pressed down by thy feet, O sage, resounds repeatedly, and inasmuch as thy splendour shines forth like the sun, thou shalt assuredly to-day enjoy the desired fruit. 115. ‘Inasmuch as lines of birds fluttering in the sky offer thee reverential salutation, O lotus-eyed one, and inasmuch as gentle breezes blow in the sky, thou shalt certainly to-day become the Buddha.’ 116. Being thus praised by the best of serpents, and having taken some pure grass from a grasscutter, he, having made his resolution, sat down to obtain perfect knowledge at the foot of the great holy tree. 117. Then he sat down on his hams in a posture, immovably firm and with his limbs gathered into a mass like a sleeping serpent’s hood, exclaiming, ‘I will not rise from this position on the earth until I have obtained my utmost aim.’
Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 159 118. Then the dwellers in heaven burst into unequalled joy; the herds of beasts and the birds uttered no cry; the trees moved by the wind made no sound, when the holy one took his seat firm in his resolve. [Such is the twelth chapter in the great poem Śri Buddhacarita, written by Aśvaghosa, called Visit to Arāḍa]
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